Nova Patents
US3760331A

Electrical connecting device for insulated wires

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US3760331A, drawing sheet 1
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Term

Term ended

Expired 18 September 1990, 36 years ago.

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5 claims: 3 independent, 2 dependent

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    I claim:1. A stamped and formed connecting device for 20 forming electrical and mechanical connections with a wire comprising: a substantially flat web having spaced-apart side edges, a pair of U-shaped members, each of said members having a bight and sides, said U-shaped 25 members being in opposed facing relationship on one side of said web with said bight of each of said members being integral with one of said side edges of said web and with the axes of said U-shaped members extending substantially normally of said web, the corresponding edges of said sides of said U-shaped members being opposed and spaced apart by a distance which is less than the diameter of said wire, said corresponding edges constituting the edges of aligned wire-receiving slots whereby, 35 upon positioning said wire with its axis extending in alignment with said wire-receiving slots and upon movement of said wire laterally of its axis towards said web and into said slots, said wire is electrically 4 θ and mechanically connected to said connecting device.
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    3,162,501 12/1964 Wahl . FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS 1996081 11/1968 Fed. Rep. of Germany . 67298 1/1951 Netherlands . Primary Examiner—Joseph H. McGlynn [57] ABSTRACT Insulated electrical connector comprises a metallic connecting device having opposed U-shaped sections integral with each other. The opposed edges of the Ushaped sections comprise wire receiving slots. The metallic connecting device is contained in a plastic housing open at one end and having an axial slit in alignment with the slots. An electrical and mechanical connection to a wire is made by passing the wire laterally of its axis through the slit and inserting the wire into the slots. Bl 3,760,331 REEXAMINATION CERTIFICATE ISSUED UNDER 35 U.S.C. 307 THE PATENT IS HEREBY AMENDED AS INDICATED BELOW. Matter enclosed in heavy brackets [] appeared in the patent, but has been deleted and is no longer a part of the patent; matter printed in italics indicates additions made to the patent. AS A RESULT OF REEXAMINATION, IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT:The patentability of claims 1-5 is confirmed. New claims 6 and 7 are added and determined to be patentable.
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    6. A stamped and formed connecting device for forming electrical and mechanical connections with a wire comprising:a substantially flat web having spaced-apart side edges, a pair of U-shaped members, each of said members having a bight and sides, said U-shaped members being in opposed facing relationship on one side ofsaid web with each of said members being integral with one of said side edges of said web only at said bight, and with the axes of said U-shaped members extending substantially normally of said web, the corresponding edges of said sides of said U-shaped members being opposed and spaced apart a distance which is less than the diameter of said wire, said corresponding edges constituting the edges of aligned wire-receiving slots whereby, upon positioning said wire with its axis extending in alignment with said wire-receiving slots and upon movement ofsaid wire laterally of its axis towards said web and into said slots, said U-shaped members are resiliently deflected and said wire is electrically and mechanically connected to said connecting device.
Independent claims3